By Seth Gruen–(CBS) The first College Football Playoff rankings were released Tuesday night, which is to say that if the season ended on Tuesday, No. 1 Clemson would face No. 4 Alabama and No. 2 LSU would play No. 3 Ohio State in their respective national semifinals. But as we all know, the season didn’t end Tuesday. It doesn’t end for another month. What these rankings try to tell us is what the committee values, ultimately, when it chooses the four teams that will play in the season-ending College Football Playoff. As was the case last season, the committee continued to make a statement about strength of schedule, ranking one-loss Alabama fourth and one-loss Notre Dame fifth. But there’s little value to that knowledge as far as this season is concerned. Sure, teams can schedule more aggressively for the future. We want instant gratifications, though…
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